![]() The ensemble cast also features Miriam Margolyes as Juliet's nanny, and the late, great Brian Dennehy and Pete Postlethwaite as Romeo's father and Father Laurence respectively. Hostilities boil over when the tearaway Tybalt (John Leguizamo), Juliet's cousin, and Romeo's best friend Mercutio (Harold Perrineau) experience the full force of each rival families' hatred, with a lovestruck Romeo caught in the middle, making a secret love affair that was always going to be tricky to explain to the parents a very dangerous game indeed. The Montagues and the Capulets are reimagined as rival mafia empires, with gunfights and scuffles between the warring factions a regular occurrence in the battleground city of Verona Beach. The most famous love story in Western theatre has been done to death and then some, but of the countless interpretations it's Luhrmann's almost offensively neon depiction that stands out as the biggest and most memorable of all. Watch anywhere: try a 100% risk-free VPN trial Stream now: Prime Video (UK) | Crave (Can) Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Pete Postlethwaite ![]()
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